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My new book, The Perfectionism Workbook for Teens, is available now! To celebrate, I am running a five-part series highlighting some concepts from the book. I’ll talk about some different ways perfectionists struggle, and offer some tools for change. (By the way, although my book is technically aimed at teens, a lot of the tools […]

My new book, The Perfectionism Workbook for Teens, is available now! To celebrate, I am running a five-part series highlighting some concepts from the book. I’ll talk about some different ways perfectionists struggle, and offer some tools for change. (By the way, although my book is technically aimed at teens, a lot of the tools […]

For those who think they need to beat themselves up, be harsh and critical in order to motivate themselves to do well, here is a study that found the opposite. People who practiced self-compassion were more motivated to improve performance and learn from mistakes than those who responded to difficulty with self-criticism.

As I return to work after four days off, I find myself facing a mountain of work and feeling the familiar pull to work nonstop, skip breaks, and hold myself to impossibly high standards. It’s good to remind myself that perfectionism is the enemy of productivity, that slooooowing doooown and taking time for me actually […]